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Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

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Re: Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

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Post by vel0city »

aleph_minus_one wrote: post #44
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it hard to get waterpoof, considering that every modern smart phone is both usb-c and waterproof? Important to note that this watch doesn't claim to be waterproof.

> considering that every modern smart phone is both usb-c and waterproof? I doubt that modern smart phones are waterproof. Who would trust use their smartphone while showering or being in a bathtube (including submerging the smartphone a few centimeters into the water)?

Tons of people trust having their phones while taking a bath or near a swimming pool. I've sometimes clean my phones off by washing them in the sink when they get exceptionally dirty after the kids have been messing with it. I regularly have mine near the pool, and have taken some work meetings while in the pool before. Why not? The featurelist says its waterproof.

I remember when the iPhone 7 had just come out (the first waterproof iPhone), a friend bought one and then went on a cruise. On a shore excursion he was at the docks and saw some cool fish. He dunked his phone in the water to take some cool photos. Everyone looked at him like he was a mad man, dunking his iPhone in the water just to take some pictures.

Re: Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

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Post by throwaway270925 »

rolisz wrote: post #46
scheme271 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure the body battery/stress measures are that great. Garmin is infamous for having an awful sleep algo and it still has a lot of trouble detecting naps. It doesn't bode well for being able to get stress data. I think it's good for generally determining high stress vs low stress and when you've overdone exercise recently but probably not much more.

Body battery is amazing. I had long COVID/ME/CFS, and looking at the body battery when waking up was an outstanding predictor of how my day was going to be. When I hit 5% body battery, I was really feeling horrible.

Interesting. What did you have to do to "charge" the body battery tough? And how does the garmin keep track of that?

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Post by tomhow »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #70

How is USB a feature?? Everything done via USB-C can be and should be entirely wireless for a watch. >Gone are the days of brand specific charging cables. Returned are the days of worn-out, broken ports and searching for another charging cable.

Charging? It likely adds a lot of cost and complexity to add mag-charging if you’re not Apple or Samsung. Does Garmin even have it yet? (Edit: only on a small number of models at the premium end of their range.)

So it’s an important differentiator from Garmin, which uses a proprietary connector for its charging cable, that is easy to lose/break and expensive to replace (from personal experience with a 2022 Epix).

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

tomhow wrote: post #73
1970-01-01 wrote: post #70

How is USB a feature?? Everything done via USB-C can be and should be entirely wireless for a watch. >Gone are the days of brand specific charging cables. Returned are the days of worn-out, broken ports and searching for another charging cable.

Charging? It likely adds a lot of cost and complexity to add mag-charging if you’re not Apple or Samsung. Does Garmin even have it yet? (Edit: only on a small number of models at the premium end of their range.) So it’s an important differentiator from Garmin, which uses a proprietary connector for its charging cable, that is easy to lose/break and expensive to replace (from personal experience with a 2022 Epix).

When the port pins break and you have no way to recharge it until a new USB port arrives, yes.

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Post by quickthrowman »

pandemicsyn wrote: post #5

> "UNA is currently a non-submersible device due to its innovative modular design. So, swimming is not something we offer as an activity, nor do we advise it. UNA is IPX5 rated, which means it is splash & showerproof to a high degree." If I had a dollar for every time some project that was ipx5 rated failed after getting caught in the rain one too many times...I'd have enough to buy another Garmin Fenix.

I would not buy a watch rated less than IP68/IPX-8, annd ideally it would be much more water resistant. Apple Ultra watches are rated to 100m of water which is well beyond that.

The watch I am wearing right now is a steel automatic that would have an IP69 rating as it’s rated to 150 meters of water depth.

Re: Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

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Post by [deleted] »

aleph_minus_one wrote: post #44
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it hard to get waterpoof, considering that every modern smart phone is both usb-c and waterproof? Important to note that this watch doesn't claim to be waterproof.

> considering that every modern smart phone is both usb-c and waterproof? I doubt that modern smart phones are waterproof. Who would trust use their smartphone while showering or being in a bathtube (including submerging the smartphone a few centimeters into the water)?

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Re: Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly

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Post by cromka »

PunchyHamster wrote: post #58
pandemicsyn wrote: post #5

> "UNA is currently a non-submersible device due to its innovative modular design. So, swimming is not something we offer as an activity, nor do we advise it. UNA is IPX5 rated, which means it is splash & showerproof to a high degree." If I had a dollar for every time some project that was ipx5 rated failed after getting caught in the rain one too many times...I'd have enough to buy another Garmin Fenix.

Yeah that's a non-starter, I don't ever wanna worry about that in a watch. And putting "designed for lifetime" next to it is just hilarious, where are you gonna trek with no water, from bathroom to kitchen ?

Those are not exclusive statements — as long as parts are available for a lifetime

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Post by mikestew »

throwaway270925 wrote: post #72
rolisz wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Body battery is amazing. I had long COVID/ME/CFS, and looking at the body battery when waking up was an outstanding predictor of how my day was going to be. When I hit 5% body battery, I was really feeling horrible.

Interesting. What did you have to do to "charge" the body battery tough? And how does the garmin keep track of that?

Naps and rest “charge”, and yes, Garmin keeps track of that.

Not that I put a whole lot of weight in those data personally.

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Post by whynotmaybe »

pandemicsyn wrote: post #5

> "UNA is currently a non-submersible device due to its innovative modular design. So, swimming is not something we offer as an activity, nor do we advise it. UNA is IPX5 rated, which means it is splash & showerproof to a high degree." If I had a dollar for every time some project that was ipx5 rated failed after getting caught in the rain one too many times...I'd have enough to buy another Garmin Fenix.

Cue to younger me that discovered the difference between water resistant and water proof when I found out that my "7 melodies electronic watch" didn't survive after a few minutes in the swimming pool.

Will the UNA hint us with a little bit of fog on the window?

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Post by jerlam »

cromka wrote: post #77
PunchyHamster wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah that's a non-starter, I don't ever wanna worry about that in a watch. And putting "designed for lifetime" next to it is just hilarious, where are you gonna trek with no water, from bathroom to kitchen ?

Those are not exclusive statements — as long as parts are available for a lifetime

There are zero spare parts available on their website.

If repairability is one of their selling points, not having spare parts immediately available is a big misstep.

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